I spent half of the YearlyKos weekend here in Vegas waiting for the other shoe to drop. I didn't want to, but heck, here we have a large concentration of progressive minds and political figures, and the media is covering it all. I even had someone e-mail me that the event sounded like it would be a great time, but "you get that many progressives in one place and that's a major 'terra-is utak' waiting to happen!" (yes, it was spelled that way to throw off the NSA, go figure...)
Our country is conditioned to be on alert, to fear. It leaves us unsettled and uncertain what to do except what we are told. Five years after 9-11, people may say they are not afraid, but it continues to affect our actions.
But that fear had to take a backseat here in Vegas this weekend.
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